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CANCEL OUT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wipe out the effect of something
Example:
The 'A' will cancel out the 'C' on your record
Synonyms:
cancel out; wipe out
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "cancel out" is one way to...):
do away with; eliminate; extinguish; get rid of (terminate, end, or take out)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
